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Hi. I have a question regarding creating a google calendar event..

I have two flows that I use for my car.

Flow1: Triggers when I connect to the blutooth stereo, then adjusts some volumes etc.
Flow2: Triggers when I disconect from the blotooth stereo, resets voluems etc.

Now, I would like to add an Action to Flow 2, that creates a google callendar event,
using the triggertime of Flow1 as the start time of the callendar event, and the triggertime of Flow2 the end time of the callendar event. How can I do this ?


I have several other usecases where I have a "start"&"stop" flow, where I would like to do the same, so any help with this would be highly appreciated

Thank's in advance

Hello geirj!

For example, you can use one or more global variables. (global_xxx) The name for the global variable can be freely chosen, the "global_" at the beginning is mandatory.
By using a global variable, you can use it (after execution) in all other flows.

Insert an Action -> Script in Flow1: global_triggertime_flow1 = triggertime

In Flow2 you create the Action -> Create Calendar Event.

Calender: [your calender]
Start/End Type: absolut
from: global_triggertime_flow1 (the triggertime from Flow1)
to: triggertime (the triggertime from Flow2)
...

Excuse me, my body uses a German UI and I the appropriate UI of Automagic.
I hope it is still understandable.

regards
Peter

Thank you so much for your reply Peter. It worked like a charm

One bonus question ,-

Do you know if it would be possible to adjust the end time,-
to: triggertime (the triggertime from Flow2)
.. with 5 minutes..

I know it is a strange question, but in one of my other flows I use for tracking my time at work, I use the location of my work as a trigger for the end-flow. (When I leave work,- the flow triggers.)
The thing is that I use about 5 minutes from logging out of my work computer, before I have changed and leave work,- triggering the end-flow.. So to compute the correct time I actually work, I will have to subtract 5 minutes from the triggertime of the end-flow.
Could I use something like:

triggertime-5 ??

Or is there another sollution ?

Thanks in advance.

Br
Geir.

Hello Br Geir!

You can count on time!
The time in Automagic (triggertime, getDate() ...) is given in milliseconds since January 1, 1970. (June 16, 2017, 5:50:50.082 pm = 1497628250082 milliseconds)

If you want to subtract 5 minutes from the triggertime, you subtract 300000 from the triggertime (5 minutes x 60 seconds/minute x 1000 milliseconds/seconds = 300000).
For example: in an Action -> Script: realendtime = triggertime - 300000

That's all!
I wish you success!

Peter

Thanks once again. Worked great !